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Clinton Should Listen to Kaine on Vocational Schools

Hillary’s proposals on debt-free college education would benefit the wealthy at the expense of the poor.

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James Piereson

Aug. 8, 2016 7:20 p.m. ET

Before he was Hillary Clinton’s running mate Sen. Tim Kaine introduced a bill this spring that would provide more funding for career and technical education. A high-school diploma should not only prepare students for college, he said, but also for “getting a high-skilled job after graduation.” Mr. Kaine, the son of an ironworker and a home-economics teacher, knows the value of learning a trade. But the idea that not everyone should go to college puts him at odds with his new boss.